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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do 7-7 sumo wrestlers begin losing matches most often?
(a) When a league official is present.
(b) When they are wrestling friends or mentors.
(c) When they near the age of retirement.
(d) When allegations of cheating are made.

2. What is the central action of economics?
(a) Assessment.
(b) Theory.
(c) Prediction.
(d) Measurement.

3. In New York City, what did analysts credit with the precipitous drop in violent crime?
(a) After-school programs.
(b) Innovative policing.
(c) Community development.
(d) Number cooking.

4. How do teachers most often cheat on standardized tests?
(a) They allow children to have books out.
(b) They never administer the test.
(c) They read the answers to the children.
(d) They erase wrong answers.

5. What Supreme Court case involved Norma McCorvey as plaintiff?
(a) Roe v. Wade.
(b) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(c) Gibbons v. Ogden.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the authors of FREAKONOMICS consider doing for six minutes?

2. What do the authors argue is the primary incentive for not soliciting a prostitute?

3. On average, how many more days does a real estate agent generally keep her own house on the market as opposed to someone else's?

4. What percentage commission does a real estate broker generally take from a home sale?

5. Why does Levitt believe there are few violent criminals in the end of the twentieth century?

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